I’d recommended you to script the game in Python 2.7 because:
A - it runs on every platform
B - it runs very fast
C - there are WAY more programmers working with it.
D - It is very quickly moving into the role of one of the most used languages.

That actually reminds me of something the Soviets did to a handful of prisoners of war- put them on an island with only a few bags of flour, and they started eating each other and killing each other. A real life battle-royale scenario, if you will.